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As for the comment about removing 100 (or 300) pages, it reminds me of the scene in Amadeus when the emperor says "There are too many notes," and Mozart replies, "Which notes would you have me remove?"

Though just as the Mozart film unpicked the myths perpetrated by "Amadeus" -- Mozart did not die a pauper and was not poisoned by Salieri or anyone else -- we discover that Beethoven was not the unkempt, unhygienic, tormented figure of romantic tradition, struggling, unloved and alone, against his tragic deafness.

But there is no Hollywood studio yet involved, at least in part because Mr. Medavoy - who as producer or executive has been involved with films as complicated as "Black Swan," "Shutter Island" and "Amadeus" - has been around long enough to know that difficult stories, at least in their early stages, are best fostered outside the studio walls.

And on Cinematreasures. org, one explorer posted a note about sneaking into the Plaza and finding posters for "Sixteen Candles" and "Amadeus" - movies that were in theaters around the time the Plaza went dark.